Podcast Episodes
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Episode 268
People often say to me, “I get why executive functioning is important, but when are you going to tell me how to work on it”?
I wish I could jump right…
2 days, 1 hour ago
Executive Functioning Defined, Beyond Just "Being Organized"
Episode 267
Many people think they’re working on executive functioning, but aren’t ACTUALLY working on executive functioning.
If you have students who have access…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Five External Signs of Executive Dysfunction That Show Up At School
Episode 266
“Demand avoidance”, poor generalization, prompt-dependence, and social skills challenges seem like isolated issues.
But often they’re not. Many times…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
You don’t need “buy in” from teachers to get executive functioning support into classrooms.
Episode 265
Many school clinicians know executive functioning is important.
They also know that their entire team should be supporting it across general and spec…
1 month, 1 week ago
Working on "regulation", but seeing students get more dysregulated? Here's why that's happening.
Episode 264
Many school teams AREN’T actually working on executive functioning when they think they are.
As a result, they’re being more flexible and accommodatin…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Still trying to do social skills intervention with a 20-minute social skills group? Do this instead.
Episode 263
You’ve been told that social skills interventions are ableist.
But you’ve also been told that we need to prepare students for real-world expectations.…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Impact of Overaccommodation in K–12 on Independence in College and Beyond (with Jill Fahy)
Episode 262
“Accommodation” is a loaded word. On one hand, we want to provide reasonable accommodations in K-12 so kids can access their education.
But determinin…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Helping Kids and the Adults Supporting Them Understand How the Brain Learns to Read (with Lori Josephson)
Episode 261
Are we really “overteaching” phonics, or should there be a hard stopping point where it’s not taught past a certain grade?
Are current stories trendin…
3 months ago
Thinking you need a scope and sequence for language therapy? Think again.
Episode 260
If you’re an SLP who’s wondering how you can effectively address complex skills relating to both language and executive functioning in the school sys…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
AAC, Gestalts, and Literacy: Case Studies for Using the “Essential 5” (with Kimberly Jenkins)
Episode 259
In this conversation, I sat down with Kim Jenkins from Empowering Speech Services (https://www.empoweringspeechservices.com/meet-kim) to talk about …
3 months, 4 weeks ago